7B Superstock

Super Saloon Series Hawkes Bay 2/02/08

Heat 1 drew grid 9. Good to have 19 Superstocks at Hawkes Bay and another note 13 of them had B’s on them! We got a good start and managed to make up a few spots in the opening lap and the track being abit wet actually helped us knowing how to drive a wet track at Meeanee really helps. I was really enjoying this race, by midway we were running 3^rd behind Joe Faram and a very quick Andy McCabe this season. Going though some lap traffic of Adam Groome having a good race in his first race you should be proud. Mike Groome and Steve O’Dwyer. Steve got abit crossed up in the unfamiliar car of Wally True’s and Shane had nowhere to go but into him and the both got away again. Steve got abit out of control just as Shane went passed and clipped Shane’s right rear wheelguard reverse spinning Shane straight into the wall at full speed resulting in as you can see by Chris Morris’s (www.racepics.co.nz)  quick photography in a good rollover. Landing back on our wheels Shane thinks wonder if she will go and she did. Just as the red lights come on Shane turned around and was ready for racing but unfortunately funnily enough the Anti-Roll bar broke and without knowing the damaged Shane took the safer option and pulled off. Back in the pits we got into work but later deciding with the NZ Champs only 2 weeks away rather than make the next 2 weeks even busier we decided this was enough and loaded up. Damage was a wing and some body damage.

We would like to clear up that the hit done on 65B John Hynd had nothing to do with the spin John did on Murray Long.  As a fellow competitor you do not like seeing what happened to John happen to anyone. The Superstock 7B team would like to wish John his family and crew a good recovery and look forward to seeing you at team champs if not before.

Shane would like to wish the Hawkes Bay Hawkeyes and the other 11 teams the best of luck for the Team Champs in Palmerston North this Friday and Saturday night it’s going to be awesome. Hope we can all drive there and home safely

Superstock 7B team

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